- What do you know about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?
- Have you done any independent reading or research into the life of Dr. King?
- Why did Dr. King speak in Washington that day in August 1963?
- What was the event called?*
- Was Dr. King the only speaker?
- Why wasn't' President Kennedy at the speech? Wasn't he Dr. King's friend?
- Who was A. Phillip Randolph?
- Who is John Lewis?
- Who was Bayard Rustin?
- Where was Malcolm X that day in 1963?
- Why was Dr. King in Memphis before he was assassinated?
- Bonus question: Are there serving members of Congress who voted against the federal law establishing the King holiday?